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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Norwegian progressive metal band from Drammen, crafting technically intricate compositions since 2016. Their name, meaning 'orthodromic curve,' reflects the mathematically precise character of their progressive approach.
French melodic death metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, active since 2020 and channeling harmonic precision with aggressive power. Their Auvergnat roots bring a volcanic intensity to their melodeath sound.
Italian progressive metal/shred artist from Rome, newly active in 2025 and delivering technically virtuosic compositions. Their approach blends prog metal's complex structures with blazing guitar technique.
Finnish melodic power metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2024 and channeling the classic Finnish power metal tradition. Their sound builds on soaring melodies and triumphant arrangements in the lineage of Finland's storied power metal scene.
Lucas Shred is a progressive metal and shred guitar solo project from Curitiba, Brazil, launched in 2022 by guitarist Lucas Shred, who also serves as lead guitarist for the Curitiba-based traditional heavy metal band Wild Witch. The project draws influence from Brazilian guitar virtuosos such as Kiko Loureiro of Angra, and Lucas has additionally played in the traditional metal bands Hell Gun and Phantom Star.
Spanish atmospheric black metal/shoegaze project from Barcelona, formed in 2022 and merging tremolo-picked fury with dreamy, reverb-soaked textures. Their name, meaning 'distant lights,' captures the ethereal, shimmering quality of their blackgaze sound.
British death/industrial/groove metal band from Nottingham, merging three heavy styles since 2020. Their sound combines death metal's brutality, industrial metal's mechanical precision, and groove metal's rhythmic weight.
Technical Progressive Metal out of Texas.
German power metal band from Frankfurt, forging epic, melodic anthems since 2013. Their sound channels the visionary spirit of power metal through soaring vocals and imaginative compositions.
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